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> I think the best management technique for successfully developing a software system in the 1970s and 1980s (and perhaps in the following decades), is based o
by aetherspawn 5y ago
> I think the best management technique for successfully developing a software system in the 1970s and 1980s (and perhaps in the following decades), is based on being lucky enough to have a few very capable people, and then providing them with what is needed to get the job done
> There is one technique for producing a software system that rarely gets mentioned: keep paying for development until something good enough is delivered.
Highlights.
- mianos 5y agoI honestly think this is still true. Good people getting stuff done is still hidden, now behind some wagile (waterfall agile) in larger companies where the incompetent have been promoted to one step above their ability (the 'Peter Principle'), and the people who do the real work keep doing it.